World’s largest mega container vessel begins commercial operations in E China’s Shandong

People's Daily Online2023-03-26 16:36

　　MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, sails from a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Zhang Jingang)

　　China’s domestically built MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, made its maiden commercial voyage from a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023.

　　The vessel, with a TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) capacity of 24,346, measures nearly 400 meters long and 61.3 meters wide.

　　MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, sails from a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Hou Fangchao)

　　MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, sails from a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Hou Fangchao)

　　MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, is loaded at a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Zhang Jingang)

　　MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, is loaded at a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Zhang Jingang)

　　Dock workers loosen a rope of MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, at a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Zhang Jingang)

　　Dock workers wave farewell to MSC Irina, the world’s largest mega container vessel, at a container terminal in the Qingdao Port, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 23, 2023. (Photo/Zhang Jingang)